Well, those guys again who never learn from their mistakes. Both are nadal fanboys and dislike federer. I'm surprised about two things. One, they pick Murray as clear favorite and two, they write djokovic off completely. Usually wilander only singled federer out.

Wilander yes, appears to be a Rafa fan boy for sure and for whatever reason truly dislikes Federer it seems (perhaps a bit envious). Ivanisevic on the other hand has always been friendly with Federer. I mean if I remember correctly, Ivanisevic hit with Federer before Roger played Rafa at the finals of Wimbledon 2006.

Either way, to consider Murray favorite for any slam especially this one, after having a rather poor summer HC so far (yes he may have been fatigued/injured but still), is extremely silly.. You're going to pick him over Federer and Djokovic who clearly have had success and can handle the big stages where Murray still struggles to find his best game consistently? And this is the US Open, which has been almost his worst slam considering how flaky his results have been from 2008 onwards.

Mats and Goran knows their tennis. I also hold Murray as top favourite to win (for the first time in a slam). If you think about it he's a bad matchup for old Fed. Murray got the defense, he got the physicality and he got a MUCH BETTER SERVE than Nadal. In the Olympics F he also proved he got the tactics right. He knows he can grind it on important points like BPs and he knows his backhand is much more solid and less error-prone so if he plays solid and with power he gets a lot of "gifts".

Murray has a pretty decent record vs Fed on HC. It's not like he's an overwhelming favourite over Federer but if they meet I'd probably give a 55-45 advantage to Murray